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Edi from brazil

Hello to all!
After finishing the Tiny 4 Inline from Kelly, it was a time to start a new project.
I have decided for the PeeWee from Bob Shores, it is 4 cylinders in a "V" configuration.
I have purchased the casting kit a couple years ago from Dirk Tollenaar

With the drawings I got a revised version from Steve Hucks. After studying the drawings, I decided to use Steve version as well as following his instructions/guide for machining the Block

Edi from brazil

I clamped down the block to the table flat on the bottom and just touched the peak of the cylinder banks with skim cut.

The distributor boss was just cleaned up for the scribe line

The block was then rotated bottom up and a minimum skim cut taken to clean up the bottom.

The center of the distributor boss was found and transposed to the rear of the block.
The center of the bottom of the block was also found and transposed to the rear of the block and the two points connected.

Faced the bottom to the final dimention

Faced and drilled the the bottom of the center bearing support then installed on the block

Edi from brazil

I did some more work on the block this weekend, I will post it during this week.
I think I will be able to finish this building faster then the Tiny Inline 4. I have more time available then the previous Project

Edi from brazil

Hello to all there!
I managed to get some more work done on the PeeWee V4

Following the instructions from Steve, I inserted a 13mm (I'm using metric) rod on the crankshaft hole then I found the center of the cylinder bank and marked 6.5mm each side. Using a square I aligned the side of the rod with the sides of the marks to assure vertical alignment.
Using a pointer, the center of the bank was found

Indicated rod on the front and the back to assure alignment

Machined the the top surface to the proper hight and started the holes with a 8mm drill bit

Next I used a 14.5mm drill bit

Using the same setup I drilled and taped the head holes

Finally the boring head was used to finish boring the cylinder holes and counter boring

The same was done for the other bank

Next I inverted the block on the vise and I indicated the rod to assure vertical and horizontal alignment

The distributor boss was machined to the right hight. After finding the center of the rod, the distributor hole was bored and the PVC hole was bored and taped

Edi from brazil

Thanks Michael and Bengt for the kind words.
I have managed to get some more progress on the PeeWee.
I cut the water jackets, the Bellhousing adapter and the Bellhousing cast

Indicating the cylinder hole to find the center

Using a 16mm x 6mm key cutter, the water jackets was cut. I did not use the rotary table, I just moved the X and Y axis (Steve method)

Here you can see the little pics on the water jackect diameter, because it is not a perfect circle
As my CNC milling control box is under maintenance I had to use the lathe to machine the Bellhousing adapter
I used a 4 independent jaws juck to hold a 68X57X6mm aluminum blank

Edi from brazil

Yes, I think you will be able to machine the block. The only more dificult part is the cylinder bores but, with a little patience you get there.
Go ahead and just start that. You can count on me if you think I could help.